Depave Chicago thanks our Partners & Supporters

Depave Chicago is an initiative launched by Prof. Mary Pat McGuire of the University of Illinois, Department of Landscape Architecture. The start-up of Depave Chicago was generously funded by a Resilient x Nature Grant from the Walder Foundation. DC has received additional support from a Brenton and Jean Wadsworth Grant from the Department of Landscape Architecture and a Research Board award from University of Illinois.

To become a supporter or partner of Depave Chicago, please contact Mary Pat at mpm1@illinois.edu.

SUPPORT OUR PILOT PROJECT!

We’re currently seeking funding (grants, donations, and corporate sponsorships) to support the implementation of our pilot depave project at The Montessori School of Englewood. Your contributions will pay for the depave and transformation of a quarter-acre nature-play landscape design at TMSOE.

Donate
https://www.tpl.org/
https://www.chicagoriver.org/

Gratitude to our collaborators and supporters :

  • Calvin Barksdale, TMSOE, Grants and Foundations Manager

  • Felicia Lang, TMSOE, Director of Operations

  • Maggie Mikuzis, TMSOE, Chief Operating Office

  • Rita Nolan, TMSOE, Executive Director

  • LaDiesha Dunn, TMSOE, Outreach & Student Advancement

  • Katherine Rose, Communications and Engagement Manager, Depave

  • Zoe Walker Aparicio, Community Projects and Stewardship Manager

  • Ted Labbe, Co-Director, Depave, Portland, OR

  • Katya Reyna, Co-Director, Depave, Portland, OR

  • Richard Baldauf, Senior Research Engineer, US-EPA

  • Sheila Batka, Environmental Engineer, EPA, Region 5

  • Jennifer Tyler, Tribal Program Manager, EPA, Region 5

  • Susan Mudd, Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law & Policy Center

  • Michelle Catania, Green Industry Outreach Coordinator, Morton Arboretum

  • Jack Westwood, The Walder Foundation, Evanston, IL

  • Peter Nicholson, Foresight Design, Chicago

  • Andrew Phillips, PhD, Quaternary Geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey

  • David Grimley, PhD, Quaternary Geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey

  • Kristine Ryan, State Soil Scientist, USDA-NRCS, Charleston, South Carolina

  • Olivier Caron, PhD, Quaternary Geologist, Research Professor, University of Quebec at Montreal

  • Steve Brown, PhD, Chief Scientist, Illinois State Geological Survey

  • Ashlynn Stillwell, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UIUC

  • Reshmina Williams, PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UIUC

  • Ashlynn Stillwell, PhD, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UIUC

  • Val Williams, Economic Development, City of Calumet City, IL

  • Matt Buerger, Senior Engineering Manager, Farnsworth Group, New Lennox, IL

  • Drew Hart, Natural Resource Specialistm Urban and Community Forestry, US Forest Service

  • Paul Labus, Director, Northwest Indiana, The Nature Conservancy

  • Margaret Schneemann, Water Resources Economist and Outreach Specialist, IISG

  • Eliana Brown, Water Quality and Stormwater Specialist, University of IL Extension

  • Layne Knoche, Outreach Associate, University of IL Extension

  • Lydia Scott, Director, Chicago Region Trees Initiative, Morton Arboretum

  • Margaret Frisbie, Friends of the Chicago River, Chicago

  • Adam Flickinger, Friends of the Chicago River, Chicago

  • Caroline O’Boyle, Director, Trust for Public Land, Chicago

  • Kevin Hamilton, Dean, College of Fine & Applied Arts, UIUC

  • William Sullivan, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, UIUC

    ….and Students and Research Assistants:

  • Nital Gundecha, MLA, ERG, Practicing in India

  • Vidhan Goel, MLA, OLIN, Los Angeles, CA

  • Bowen Dong, MLA, Hargreaves Associates, Boston, MA

  • Yuze Wendy Wang, MLA, Practicing in China

  • Holly Strickland, MFA, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University

  • Sierra Chmela, MLA Student, Upland Design, Chicago

  • Julien Gundry, MLA Student, Practicing in Chicago

  • Jinyu Mark Shen, MLA, One Mark Studio, Texas and China

  • Zhiyu Mark Ma, MLA, Hawkins Partners, Nashville, TN

  • Heena Gajjar, MLA, Practicing in Ahmedabad, India

  • Lin Ginger Jiang, MLA, Houston, TX

  • Daeun Lee, MLA, AECOM, Chicago, IL

  • Huong Dinh, MLA, TEN X TEN, New York City

  • Cher Wong, MLA, Smithgroup, Chicago

  • Elizabeth Vogel, MLA, North Branch Natives, Chicago, IL

  • Yini Chen, MLA, Reed Hildebrand, Boston, MA

  • Meng Samantha Shui, MLA, Site Design Group, Chicago

  • Zheng Alan Cong, BLA, Practicing in China

  • Qiran David Zhang, MLA, Practicing in China

  • Avery Clark, BS, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, UIUC

  • Piotr Szocinski, BS, Geology, UIUC